Sri Lanka tea board to tighten laws on exports
June 23, 2008 (LBO) – The Sri Lanka Tea Board is seeking new laws to tighten quality control on exports and prevent shipments of what are considered teas …
June 23, 2008 (LBO) – The Sri Lanka Tea Board is seeking new laws to tighten quality control on exports and prevent shipments of what are considered teas …
June 21, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's billion-dollar tea industry remains too divided, squabbling over trivial matters, and is losing out on benefits it can …
June 19, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan tea prices appear to be heading for a correction with many grades from the estates easing at this week's Colombo …
June 16, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka must have a clear cut agriculture policy, especially for paddy, without resorting to short term solutions, if the country …
June 15, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's tea estate community, which plucked the leaf that kept the economy afloat for more than a century, has not reaped the …
UDAWALAWE, June 14, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Saturday released eight orphaned baby elephants into the jungle after rescuing them from near certain death, …
June 12, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan tea prices remained strong for the third week running at this week's auctions in Colombo with firm demand from the …
June 09, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Horana Plantations, which is managed by the Ceylon Theatres group has capped management fees to 15 million rupees a …
June 05, 2008 (2008) Sri Lankan tea prices appear to have bottomed out with widespread demand returning to the Colombo auctions which have been enjoying a …
June 04, 2008 (FAO) Food production in Sri Lanka has been affected not only by high oil prices, bad weather and storage and distribution problem but by …
June 03, 2008 (LBO) – Floods caused by heavy rains in southern Sri Lanka have disrupted cropping on tea plots but no serious shortfall is anticipated …
May 27, 2008 (LBO) – The fall in tea prices in recent weeks owing to the seasonal increase in supply and lower quality has put producers' margins under …
May 26, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Carson Cumberbatch group said efficiency improvements and expanded cultivation in its oil palm estates in south-east …
May 22, 2008 (LBO) – Tea exporting countries last week agreed to stick to a minimum quality level to prevent oversupply from depressing prices, …
May 22, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is to import copra, or dried coconut kernel, to feed the country's oil mills which are facing high prices and raw material …
May 21, 2008 (LBO) – The United States which is helping milk farmers in eastern Sri Lanka says more private sector investment is needed to boost …
May 21, 2008 (LBO) – Chilaw Plantations, a Sri Lanka government owned plantation that was under private management, would be taken back to state control …
May 16, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan tea prices fell at this week's auction because of seasonal factors such as bigger volumes and lower quality, brokers …
May 13, 2008 (LBO) – Fonterra Brands Lanka is investing 1.2 billion rupees to double yoghurt output and boost local raw milk supplies to cushion against …
May 12, 2008 (LBO) – Pelwatte Sugar Industries said its March quarter net loss increased 57 percent pushing annual losses to more than half-a-billion …